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2014-10-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2014-10-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 The B.O. regime is boxed in by its promise to limit US military engagement against the terror group, making it tough to agree to Turkey's condition for joining the fight.

The coalition is actually winning. It's a very nuanced kind of thing that only the Harvard-educated can appreciate (sarc).

Posted by JohnQC 2014-10-12 09:57|| 2014-10-12 09:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Headded: There is the constant fear that every time the US touches the Middle East, it makes things worse and instead of solving regional problems, it invariably creates bigger ones."

The result of wanting to be loved rather than respected (and fear is a form of respect as in 'you really don't want my attention').

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-12 10:42|| 2014-10-12 10:42|| Front Page Top

#3 We have a Prez who more rhetoric than substance. He drew too many lines in the sand and didn't follow up with action. A kind of version of "cried wolf" too many times.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-10-12 14:07|| 2014-10-12 14:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Update ...

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > KURDISH LEADER THREATENS TURKEY PEACE DEAL COLLAPSE, as due to Turkey's continuing non-intervention in defence of ISIS-embattled Kurds at Kobani.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Telegraph.UK] IRAQ [formally] ASKS FOR US GROUND TROOPS AS ISIL THREATENS BAGHDAD.

* RELATED SAME > LEADERS OF IRAQ'S ANBAR PROVINCE: SEND US TROOPS TO STOP ISIS - CNN.COM.

A "Gen. MacArthur Moment" for the Bammer, i.e. shade of the General reminding POTUS Franklin Roosevelt prior to the invasion of Leyte that Japan is claiming that Americans = White Americans ["Whitey"] will NOT fight or shed an ounce of their blood for Brown andor Yellow Asians, THUS FOR THE US NOT TO INVADE THE PHILIPPINES WOULD BE A US NATIONAL DISGRACE, AN INSULT TO ASIA, + A SERIOUS OR SEVERE FOREIGN POLICY DISASTER FOR THE US FOR YEARS OR DECADES AFTER THE WAR IS FINALLY OVER???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-10-12 21:33|| 2014-10-12 21:33|| Front Page Top

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